Category Archives : LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS

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A Task Card Basket Blooming with Activities and a TpT Sale

This entry was posted in LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged English Language Arts Task Cards Grades 6-12 Middle and High School Lessons Task Cards TpT on May 4, 2015 by Connie Casserly

 

A Task Card Basket Blooming with Activities and a TpT Sale

by Connie Casserly

Grades 6-12

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Connie

 

In May, lesson plan continuity endures a major blow due to standardized  testing, although teachers still want and need to teach and students still need to add to their learning homes.

These three sets of Task Cards will alleviate teachers’ frustration and stress while reviving students’ motivation, concentration and attention and creating strong foundations of learning.

Read the details for all of these products on http://www.teachitwrite.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-task-card-basket-blooming-with.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Comprehension – Literature Task Cards

With this set of Elements of Literature Task Cards, Middle School and High School students will reinforce, review and develop their understanding of a text any time that they need to work on expanding their comprehension/higher thinking skills and /or writing aptitudes.

Preview and download it from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Comprehension-Literature-Task-Cards-1131263 ($4.50)*

Vocabulary – FOR THE LOVE OF WORDS! Task Cards

FOR THE LOVE OF WORDS! is an 11-page Task Card vocabulary study with 32 individual, pairs, small group and whole class activities. These activities engage students’ curiosity, and this inquisitiveness sparks learning because they are motivated  to own the words and not borrow them for a test.

Preview and download it from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Vocabulary-FOR-THE-LOVE-OF-WORDS-1840502 ($4.00)*

Grammar – PUNCTUATION RULES! Task Cards & Activities

Between Tweets, Facebook status updates, Pinning,Texting and various other sites limiting characters, students are forgetting how to properly punctuate their longer writing pieces. PUNCTUATION RULES! Task Cards & Activities, enable Middle School and High School students to improve their Language and Writing knowledge and skills.

This 20-page packet includes Teacher Notes, punctuation rules, task cards and answer keys.

Preview and download it from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Grammar-PUNCTUATION-RULES-Task-Cards-Activities-1820840 ($6.00)*

 

* Best of all, these Task Card sets and all of my products are on sale at 20% off during The TpT Teacher Appreciation Days Sale- May 5th and 6th. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Connie

 

Also, check out Vicky Leon’s THREE $100 GIVEAWAYS of TpT Gift Certificates again.  All three of the giveaways will begin on Monday, May 4, 2015.   The FIRST $100 GIVEAWAY will end at 11:00 P.M. Pacific Time on Monday, May 25, 2015.  The SECOND and THIRD $100 GIVEAWAYS will end at 11:00 P.M. on Monday, June 1, 2015.  For more information, contact Vicky at vleon999@yahoo.com

 

Enjoy a Teach It Now Day-Every Day.

Connie

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Blog with your Class

This entry was posted in 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS and tagged blog differentiation on May 3, 2015 by justaddstudents

Blogging with your class is fun.  Students have the opportunity to write for a worldwide audience, research, learn technology, and share their learning with the world.

This guide gives teachers time-saving tools, checklists, assessment forms, parent communication, and student contracts.

Additionally, there are 99 differentiated writing prompts.  The teacher or the student can choose a “mild,” “medium,” or “extra spicy” variation on a topic.  Use the tic tac toe board to encourage students to challenge themselves.

The differentiated topics make great mini-lesson topics, and they are perfect for the student that loves to play with technology in creative ways.

Check out this resource on Just Add Students

Get started blogging with your class!

 

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May Learning Activities For Kids…

This entry was posted in 1st Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS Memorial Day Mother's Day Uncategorized and tagged Cinco de mayo May May Activities Memorial Day Mother's Day Nurse Appreciation on April 29, 2015 by lindaposttheteacherspost (updated on April 29, 2015)

May Holidays!

School  Nurse Appreciation Week – May 6-12!

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That Fun Reading Teacher’s Sight-Word-Stages Leveled Readers: Differentiate just by printing!

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs HOME Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS PreKindergarten SPECIAL EDUCATION Uncategorized and tagged CVC Word Work dolch words early literacy Emergent Reader guided reading kindergarten leveled readers Literacy Center Ideas No-Prep Printables Sight Words on April 28, 2015 by That Fun Reading Teacher (updated on May 6, 2015)

 

 

As educators, we have all kinds of fun activities and strategies for teaching and reinforcing sight words for reading and writing. Many of them involve practicing these words out of context. The point of Sight Word Recognition is to be able to recognize these words at a glance, in isolation. But all of the practice needn’t be.

I am in the early stages of creating a series of readers called ‘Sight Word Stages’ readers to help teachers differentiate for their students within the same reading level. While some of our students may struggle with putting all of the pieces of the reading puzzle together and need to work on that, there are many others who simply have difficulty remembering, and who require extra opportunities to practice using these little words in context.

Here is an example of a DRA/Reading Recovery Level 2 Reader:

 A color PDF is included in the package, indicating the sight words of focus on the cover.

I print these on thicker paper, laminate them and keep them with other guided reading books.

 Directional support is provided with the go to stop method.

 

 A regular black and white copy is provided. Students can color and keep these, if you wish.

 

 A trace-the-sight-word copy is provided for students requiring this level of support.

 A fill-in-the-blanks copy is also provided for each title.

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Supplementary Materials:

Color and black & white sentence strips                                                                                                                                     (Tip: Print color copy onto card paper and laminate, and store with color readers for reuse)

Color and black & white Self-Check lists                                                                                                                               (I have a laminated color one on the wall over the writing table with a dry-erase marker, but know classroom teachers who give each child their own black and white copy, one who shrinks it to half-size. Early finishers draw or practice words on the back!)

Sometimes – there’s a surprise bonus activity – particularly in the bundles. Check the previews!

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 Here is what is currently available in the Sight-Word-Stages Readers Series:

Please note that freebies will not contain all of the parts mentioned above.

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In revision:

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More titles coming Summer 2015!  Save with bundles! Are there any particular themes you would like to see covered in these early levels? Please leave a comment and let me know! (Easter and Earth Day are already started in draft!) Have a wonderful spring day, and pop into my store for a visit sometime by clicking my button!

 

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The Beauty of Interactive Notebooks

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged poem types poetic devices poetry on April 28, 2015 by teachtotell

ELA: “MEGA POETRY UNIT : {INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK , QR CODES, EDITABLE POWERPOINT}”

By Laurane Rae@TeachToTell

Grades 3-6

 

Interactive notebooks templates are so versatile! Other than sharing in the commonality of being a printable with the humble worksheet, they serve to greatly economize on space.

For instance, you can scaffold teaching and learning effectively.

You can have prompts on the cover tabs followed by responses under these tabs.

Here I’ve scaffolded the structure of different poem types. Students can look at the prompts and follow along when writing their own poems.

    

They serve as excellent graphic organizers and effectively target kinesthetic learners with all the cutting and gluing:  active hands = active minds.

Great for Compare and Contrast features too.

And above all anything in an Interactive Notebook looks appealing!

It’s all in this bundle!

 

Sincerely,

Laurane Rae

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Blog: http://teach2tell.blogspot.com.au/

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Humpty Dumpty Fluency Pyramids

This entry was posted in 1st Grade COMMON CORE FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS PreKindergarten and tagged ELD ELL ESL Nursery Rhymes on April 27, 2015 by teacherseeteacherdo

NEW product from Teacher See Teacher Do!

 

This product includes: 

A full color anchor chart of the Nursery Rhyme with illustration
5 Fluency Pyramid Reader’s Task Cards
P.E.A.R Fluency Self-Evaluation Rubric
Teacher’s Instruction Sheet
CCSS Correlations 

Terms of Use

Copyright © April Bryant. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

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Digital Citizenship Unit

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged iPads on April 26, 2015 by tips4teachers

This is an excellent unit that introduces the concept of digital citizenship. Perfect for classes that are just starting to use technology in the classroom or for classrooms using iPads extensively. This unit teaches students how to use technology in the classroom safely and responsibly. Topics covered:

Going places safely online
Sites I like

Searching safely online
Making safe blog posts

My preview gives one of these lessons away for free!

After each short 10-15 minute teaching portion, the students get to create something that reinforces the lesson about digital citizenship and safety.

This unit also provide letters after each safety session to send home to parents to prove that that students have been trained in using digital technology.

Check out my other iPad units here
Ipad Units and Tech Integration

 

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Book Review Banner and Report Activities

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE End of the Year FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS and tagged book report book review story elements on April 24, 2015 by thirdgradetothecore (updated on April 25, 2015)

Need a great activity to finish out the school year?

This unit includes three engaging activities that are perfect for any time of the year. They can be used with any book! The best part is that they make a super cute display in your classroom.  It’s a fun way for the students to look at the elements of a story. You may choose to have them all do the same book, but I love letting them pick out the book of their choice. It’s a great way to get them motivated about reading!

Activities included: Book Review Banner, Book Review Trifold(brochure), and book report(graphic organizer and final draft)

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Happy Teaching!
Third Grade to the Core
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Language Arts – “Adjectives”

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade COMMON CORE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged Adjectives Parts of Speech on April 22, 2015 by christinal

By Christina L

Grades 2-4

 

 

Here are some fun activities that can be used in literacy centers, small or large groups and when you need something fun to review adjectives.

Includes:
2 Games
• Matching: Match the pictures and adjectives (30 cards)
• Sorting: Nouns, Verbs or Adjectives? (24 cards) + Answer Key

6 Worksheets
•1 A to Z Adjective Word Hunt “Can you write an adjective for each letter of the alphabet? Write your adjectives below.”
•2 Adjective Illustrations “Read the adjectives below. Think of a noun that can be described using these adjectives. Then draw a picture in the box.”
•2 Adjective Illustrations “Write two adjectives for each picture.”
•1 Adjective Word Challenge (Have students work individually or in pairs to come up with the most unique answers.)

Click here for a closer look!

***Newly revised April 17, 2015!***

Thanks for looking!

Christina

My Store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Christina-L

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Spring Homework Freebie!!”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS PreKindergarten and tagged #language Arts butterflies Early Childhood Elementary Fine Motor free free lessons Mathematics No-Prep Printables Reading spring Writing on April 19, 2015 by bandicootsbumbershoot (updated on April 19, 2015)

by Casey Herling

PreK-1st Grade

 

Spring homework FREEBIE!! Two spring-themed homework pages (answer sheets included). If you like these resources, please check out the whole Spring Homework Packet here!

“Caterpillar Addition” Mathematics/Writing
We learn to add groups together to find a total, write numerals, and write purposeful marks and letters.

“Little Lovelies”
Reading/ELA/Fine Motor
We learn to match sounds in words to printed letters (phonics), and strengthen and refine our small muscle skills.

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Grammar Review

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged Grammar Review on April 18, 2015 by littleachievers (updated on April 18, 2015)

By Little Achievers

Grade 1 and 2

This Grammar Review packet consists of 10 sets of language review printables to practice and assess grammar skills.

All sets included in this packet follow the same format and gradually increase in difficulty level.

The grammar skills included in this packet are:
sentence, subject & predicate, types of sentences, sentence editing, noun, plural form, common and proper noun, rhyming word, pronoun, action verb, linking verb, contractions, synonyms, antonyms, prefix & suffix, adjective, and possessive form of noun.

Check it on my TPT store! Click here to buy it!

Thank you!

Little Achievers

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Language Arts: CinderHazel No Prep Unit: Common Core Aligned

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade COMMON CORE FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged common core on April 15, 2015 by elizabethchapinpinotti

3rd, 4th and 5th Grades

by Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti 

CinderHazel Unit Cover

This is a no prep unit for Deborah Nourse Lattimore’s story “CinderHazel”. These engaging activities are turn-key…read the story to your class or have them read it as part of literature circles, go over the Cinderella story elements and engage them with these lessons!

Activities are naturally differentiated and aligned with the Common Core State Standards.

CinderHazel Book Unit Includes:

Table of Contents

Cinderella Elements
#1 CinderHazel Draw A Title Page
#2 Questions Along the Way
#3 CinderHazel Constructed Response Questions
#4 Story Connections for CinderHazel
#5 CinderHazel Characters
#6 CinderHazel Math Connections
#7 CinderHazel My Own Word Problems
#8 CinderHazel Comprehension
#9 CinderHazel Character Conflicts
#10 Sentence Sorting: CinderHazel
#11 Quick Write Compare and Contrast
#12 About the Author
#13 Story Summary
#14 Character Changes
#15 Text to Text – Connecting Texts
#16 My Thoughts While Reading CinderHazel
#17 Inferring Character Feelings
#18 Cause and Effect
#19 Compare and Contrast CinderHazel and Cinderella
#20 Cinderella Sentence Sorting
#21 From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing

If you have any questions…please email me at elizabethpinotti@gmail.com

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

 

CinderHazel Unit Activity

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Language Arts ” Task Cards: Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences”

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged early finishers Literacy Center Ideas Simple Compound Complex small group Task Cards Types of sentences on April 15, 2015 by christinal (updated on April 27, 2015)

By Christina L

Grades 3-6

 

 

These task cards are larger than normal (6 questions each) so students can work on just one card. More advanced students may complete more than one card. A “user friendly” method of displaying them is to laminate them, punch a hole in the corner and attach them with a binder ring.

Great for literacy centers, early finishers, and small group intervention.

Includes:
• 10 Task Cards (6 questions each) + 10 Answer Keys (Includes white and colored background)
• Recording sheet to show completion of each card

Topics include:
• Simple, Compound or Complex Sentence?
• Independent or Dependent Clause?
• Simple Subjects
• Simple Predicates
• Make a Compound Sentence
• Make a Complex Sentence

Click here for a preview.

Thanks for looking!

Christina L

My Store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Christina-L

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Earth Day Science from Sandra’s Savvy Teaching tips

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS SCIENCE LESSONS and tagged Earth Day on April 14, 2015 by sandrafarrell (updated on April 14, 2015)

So this week we will be using my latest product.  I have just finished a Science / ELA unit on WATER.  I am currently finishing up one on SOIL, and hope to have the one on AIR done by next week.  These are units that I have been using for years and I am just pretty’ing them up for TPT.  I included some levelled readers and some levelled reading passages too.  There are writing activities and also some Science experiments.  There are lots of visual aids like word wall cards and photo cards.

CLICK HERE

 if you want to check out your own copy.Here’s a preview of what’s included.

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Comment Bank

This entry was posted in 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT College LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS on April 14, 2015 by teachingmadeeasy123

Comment Bank

With report cards right around corner and an increasing demand for specific student comments, make your life easier with this Comment Bank.

 

The Comment Bank has been constructed to save the Language Arts teacher time when offering constructive and helpful comments on students’ evaluation. Marking papers in any Language Arts class is always a lengthy process. Increasingly, teachers are being asked to write more detailed comments to highlight students’ strengths and weaknesses, and sometimes we run out of ideas. Being the vigilant teachers we are, and wanting to help our students achieve their potential is and will always be one of our priorities. To this end, when marking students’ papers, writing down everything we want to say to them about their papers would be a very lengthy process. I have decided to share my personal comment bank with you.

The bank comments on the following areas:

-Structure
-Communication
-The next step
-Mechanics
-Style
-Persuasion
-Analysis

The package contains 7 pages of comments, which are divided by levels of accomplishment A, B, C and D.

Included in this package are over 120 comments for students. You can get inspiration from these pages to handwrite your comments, or you can do what I do and copy/paste your comments into a word document, print, and staple the comment to the students’ evaluations. This is a real time saver. Parents, students, and school administration LOVE this method of feedback. And, this way, it takes much less time to be much more efficient.

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Language Arts – High Interest Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions

This entry was posted in 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS SOCIAL STUDIES LESSONS and tagged Comprehension Questions Grapic Organizers Knights Medieval Reading Passages Squires on April 13, 2015 by sarahpeterson (updated on April 14, 2015)

Grades 4-6 and Homeschool

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

 

Check out my latest High-Interest Language Arts Reading Comprehension Product: Pages, Squires and Knights!

 

Short reading passages covering Pages, Squires, Medieval Knights, Jousting, Chainmail and Plate Armor.  Reading comprehension questions and graphic organizers are included for each passage.

 

This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The product contains: seven short reading passages and comprehension questions; seven graphic organizers (one for each passage); and the teacher’s keys.     Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions.

 

The passage topics include:

• Pages: Training to be a Squire
• Squires: Training to be a Knight
• Medieval Knights: Jobs and Duties
• Jousting
• Chainmail
• Plate Armor

 

Lexile measure: 630L-660L

 

THIS PRODUCT IS GREAT FOR A QUICK SAMPLE FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS!   It may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as a Supplemental Homeschool Worksheet.  $

 

Visit my store and check out my other history-related products!

 

Please note:  The Informational Text also appears in my Medieval Careers Lesson Plan; however, the reading comprehension questions and graphic organizers are not a part of that lesson plan.

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Language Arts – “May Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions”

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade HOLIDAYS LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS Memorial Day Mother's Day and tagged Cinco de mayo close reading informational text on April 13, 2015 by christinal

By Christina L

Grades 2-5

Here are some non-fiction reading passages filled with lots of fun facts about the month of May. Use them as warm up activity, for early finishers or in a reading center.

Includes
• 8 May themed reading passage, each with 3 comprehension questions
• Worksheet for recalling 4 May facts that students have learned
• Template for writing a limerick (for Limerick Day)

The 8 passages include the following titles:
• Happy Mother’s Day
• Memorial Day
• Cinco de Mayo
• Happy Birthday, Sally Ride!
• Limerick Day (Includes a template for students to create their own limerick.)
• The Kentucky Derby
• Florence Nightingale (for National Nurses Week)
• Amelia Earhart

Have a closer look here!

***Buy 2, get 1 Free! Save with this Spring Bundle***
Spring Bundle: Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

***Through the Year Mega Bundle Also Available!***
Mega Bundle:Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

Thanks for looking!

Christina L

My Store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Christina-L

 

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Language Arts – “The Secret Heart” Analyzing and Writing Poetry

This entry was posted in 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS on April 13, 2015 by justaddstudents

Language Arts – “The Secret Heart” Analyzing and Writing Poetry

By Mary Pat Mahoney

Just Add Students

Teach critical thinking, analysis, and creative writing using the poem “The Secret Heart” by Robert Coffin. This delightful poem tells the story of a childhood memory a son has about his father.

This resource will guide your students’ understanding of the poem by using the TP-FASTT and DIDLS analysis acronyms.

The analysis tools are broken down in easy-to-follow activities – including practice scanning the poem.

The lesson ends with an opportunity for students to write their own childhood memory poem based on the format of “The Secret Heart.”

This resource includes:
*daily lesson plans (CCSS aligned)
*pre-reading childhood memory activity
*student notes
*paraphrase chart
*vocabulary
*figurative language activity
*analysis of figurative language
*DIDLS chart
*attitude analysis
*symbol analysis
*title chart
*theme analysis
*guided writing prompt: Analyze theme
*comprehension assessment
*graphic organizers for original poem
*paper and frame for final poem
*rubric
*answer keys

“The Secret Heart” is widely anthologized. It is not in the Public Domain, so I haven’t included a copy of the poem with this lesson. It is available through online and print sources.

 

Check out more poetry lesson on my TPT store:  Just Add Students

 

Thanks!

Mary Pat

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This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade COMMON CORE FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged April Earth Day Earth Day Activities free free lessons No-Prep Printables spring on April 12, 2015 by firstgradedivacreations

Looking for Earth Day activities?

This free Earth Day activity will give your students a deeper understanding of what it means to reuse, reduce, and recycle.

Reuse, Reduce, Recycle
These three vocabulary pages are meant to teach these three words deeply.The first time I use one of these Earth Day activities, I complete the vocabulary page with my students. I like to model technology, so I show my students how to use an online dictionary or thesaurus.
Students can then use these pages as a springboard for writing about ways they can reduce, reuse, and recycle.

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Les sons – apprendre à lire

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS PreKindergarten on April 10, 2015 by teachingmadeeasy123 (updated on April 10, 2015)

Teaching French can be challenging at times.  Make your life easier with these fun flash cards.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Les-sons-apprendre-a-lire-1804300

Les sons « Cartes éclaire » Voici une série de 96 cartes «éclaire» pour faciliter l’apprentissage des sons communs en français. Le visuel facilite la reconnaissance des mots et des sons. Les sons suivants sont inclus avec achat : – ch – ou – ui – en, em – an – au – eau – in – om – ein – oi – on – eu – gu – gn – ai – ei – er – qu – ille – ail – eille – euille – – ien – illon Les cartes incluent aussi plusieurs mots communs et phrases simples pour faciliter la lecture.  

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Sight Words: Write and Read

This entry was posted in 1st Grade Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged Sight Words on April 9, 2015 by littleachievers (updated on April 13, 2015)

By Little Achievers

K-1

This pack offers great intervention to help your students practice writing and reading sight words in context.

 

Buy It Here!

 

These worksheets contain all the pre-primer and primer sight words that your students will be studying throughout the year. Make the most of your student’s sight word practice by using these all-in-one worksheets.

Students will practice writing the word and reading the word in context. Students will also color the word, find and highlight the word, build the word, and write the word in 4 different ways.

For pre-primer list, students will write the word in a sentence, read the sentence, and then match the sentence to the corresponding picture.

 

 

For primer list, students will make their own sentence using the focused word.

 

This packet includes 90 sight words (40 pre-primer and 50 primer).

You can buy this bundle here!

 

Thank you!

Little Achievers

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Spring Into Grammar (Part 1) for Grades 4-6

This entry was posted in 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS SPECIAL EDUCATION and tagged Earth Day Activities emotional literacy ESL homeschool No-Prep Printables special education spring on April 9, 2015 by socrateslantern (updated on May 12, 2015)

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Language Arts- Les sons “cartes éclaire” – apprendre à lire

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade CLIP ART FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS PreKindergarten on April 9, 2015 by teachingmadeeasy123 (updated on April 9, 2015)

Les sons « Cartes éclaire » – Apprendre à lire

Voici une série de 96 cartes «éclaire» pour faciliter l’apprentissage des sons communs en français.
Le visuel facilite la reconnaissance des mots et des sons.

Les sons suivants sont inclus avec achat :
– ch – ou – ui – en, em – an – au
– eau – in – om – ein – oi – on
– eu – gu – gn – ai – ei – er
– qu – ille – ail – eille – euille –
– ien – illon
Les cartes incluent aussi plusieurs mots communs et phrases simples pour faciliter la lecture.Les sons – apprendre à lire

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Language Arts – “Poetry Unit: How to Write 8 Poems”

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged poems poetry on April 8, 2015 by christinal

By Christina L

Grades 2-5

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This packet contains instructions, templates, worksheets and topic ideas for creating 8 types of poems.

The poems covered include:

*Syllable Cinquain
*Tanka
*Haiku
*Diamante
*Parts of Speech Poem
*Name Acrostic
*Fives Senses Poem
*Silly Rhyme

Suggested Uses:
* Laminate the instructions/example of each poem to place in a poetry literacy center. Include copies of templates for students to create final copies. They can use the checklist to mark which poems they have done.
* Or, use the poems individually throughout the year. For example, pick one out to use for a holiday, a new season or even recent field trip. (The Five Senses Poem would be great to recall a field trip.)

Thanks for looking!

Christina L

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FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS – The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS MISC. LESSONS PreKindergarten SCIENCE LESSONS and tagged free on April 8, 2015 by Victoria Leon (updated on April 8, 2015)

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Two Leveled Character Trait Lists”

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged free on April 7, 2015 by Victoria Leon (updated on April 7, 2015)

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Visual Plans Week Two

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged free lessons spring on April 6, 2015 by sandrafarrell

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The Dealing-With-Feelings Series: The ‘how-to manage tricky feelings’ stories for kids

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs HOME Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS SPECIAL EDUCATION and tagged back to school dealing with feelings early intervention emotional literacy feelings homeschool No-Prep Printables social skills Social Stories special education speech therapy teaching young children about feelings on April 6, 2015 by That Fun Reading Teacher (updated on April 8, 2015)

The Dealing-With-Feelings Series by That Fun Reading Teacher #DWF

Let me start by thanking those of you who have made these stories so popular over the past six months. This post is dedicated to you in gratitude. You have buoyed my confidence to continue along this path.

This is how this series came to be.

For the past few years, I have been a Special Education teacher to young children. Just a few years ago, while using social stories in integrated kindergarten classrooms with my students with autism, I noticed that their classmates were benefiting from them, too! The  social stories I was using were written specifically for the child they were being used with, and parts of these stories had little relevance to their classmates. They seemed to be very interested in, and to find comfort in other parts of them.
It occurred to me that many children could benefit from stories that were like social stories, but meant for more of a general audience of young children: Characters role-modeling the how-to’s of dealing with tricky feelings. (We all know how motivated we are when someone TELLS us how to handle something!)Even in kindergarten, some children were already uncomfortable about discussing feelings. Research, parenting, teaching and talking to each other tells us that natural conversation only comes from a willing participant, especially one who initiates it.
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Watch for new titles Summer 2015…

Thank you to Rebekah Brock, whose clip art brought these stories alive!

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Language Arts Lesson “Mega Bundle: Through the Year Reading Comprehension (September- May)”

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade Christmas Easter Halloween HOLIDAYS LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Day Mother's Day New Year's Day Presidents' Day St. Patrick's Day Thanksgiving Valentine's Day Veteran's Day on April 6, 2015 by christinal

By Christina L

Grades 2-5

 

 

Cover all the important days and events of the year in these fun reading passages. They are filled with fun, historical facts plus comprehension questions.

Use them as a quick warm up or in a reading center.

It includes months September through May.

Each month includes 8 reading passages and 1 worksheet for recalling important facts.

September:  Johnny Appleseed, Hispanic Heritage Month, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Grandparents Day, Constitution Day, Happy Labor Day, Welcome, Fall!

October: Bats! Bats! Bats!, Arachnophobia!, Fire Prevention Week, Columbus Day, Make a Difference Day, Happy Halloween, How to Grow a Pumpkin, Happy Birthday Noah Webster!

November: Squanto: Friend to the Pilgrims, Election Day, Veterans Day, The Mayflower, The First Thanksgiving, King Tut Day, Native American Heritage Month: Sacagawea, Life of a Pilgrim Child

December: Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Hanukkah, Christmas Traditions, Reindeer, Arctic Animals, Wright Brothers Day, Hibernation

January: Happy New Year!, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Emperor Penguins, The Abominable Snowman: Fact or Fiction?, Do You Want to Build an Igloo?, National Braille Literacy Month, Opposite Day, Happy Birthday Ben Franklin!

February: Groundhog Day, What is a Groundhog Anyway?, Random Acts of Kindness Day, Honest Abe, The Father of Our Country, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day, Leap Day

March: St. Patrick’s Day, Read Across America Day, March Madness, Women’s History Month, Pi Day, Ireland, Happy Birthday Harry Houdini!, In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

April: April Fool’s Day, Jackie Robinson Day, Happy Earth Day!, The Titanic Sinks, National Poetry Month, National Arbor Day, Easter Egg Roll, Drop Everything and Read

May: Happy Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Cinco de Mayo, Happy Birthday, Sally Ride!, Limerick Day, The Kentucky Derby, Florence Nightingale (for National Nurses Week), Amelia Earhart

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Thanks for looking!

Christina L

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Science – “Life Cycle of a Butterfly – Raising Butterflies in the Classroom”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade COMMON CORE Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS SCIENCE LESSONS and tagged butterflies life cycle No-Prep Printables science on April 6, 2015 by gretchenebright

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